tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233333470515656205.post7233212742639013339..comments2024-03-26T16:09:11.452-03:00Comments on Fly-by-night: Harlequin and White Circle Twins Part IIbowdlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09504137974544195250noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233333470515656205.post-16046399790537648162010-06-19T11:01:13.855-03:002010-06-19T11:01:13.855-03:00The Mitchell title I recommend most is Joe Gould&...The Mitchell title I recommend most is <i>Joe Gould's Secret</i> (1965), which concerns the Professor Sea Gull of <i>McSorley's Wonderful Saloon</i>. The 2000 film is also recommended - a faithful, entertaining adaptation.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233333470515656205.post-15085958717099318562010-06-18T19:28:59.879-03:002010-06-18T19:28:59.879-03:00The Harlequin imagining is very funny. Neither my ...The Harlequin imagining is very funny. Neither my wife nor I have read Mitchell or been to McSorley's but we were enjoying this otherworldly version of a NY tavern.bowdlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504137974544195250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3233333470515656205.post-75610550241145189772010-06-18T09:54:59.693-03:002010-06-18T09:54:59.693-03:00I've had the pleasure of raising more than a f...I've had the pleasure of raising more than a few glasses at McSorley's and can report with authority that neither cover is at all accurate. I'm not certain which is farther off, the White Circle, which seems to place the tavern in the wild west, or Harlequin's, which depicts the tavern as a massive, brightly-lit nightclub.<br /><br />Mitchell was a wonderful writer; he must rank as one of the finest published by either press.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.com